King James Version with Apocrypha
"Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us."
— Ecclesiastes 1:10, King James Version with Apocrypha
“Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.”
“Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us. ”
“Is there a thing of which it may be said, "Behold, this is new?" It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.”
“Is there anything about which someone can say,“Look at this! It is new!”? It was already done long ago, before our time.”
“Nothing under the sun is new, neither is any man able to say: Behold this is new: for it hath already gone before in the ages that were before us.”
“Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.”
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.